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“Wait, Cupcake, wait! Don’t go! Please, Cuppy!”

“I...Momma, my train is leaving in five minutes.”

“What you’re doing-this is crazy! And not the good kind of crazy!” Pinkie Pie nearly sobbed, “The bad kind! I know Pandora’s gonna be a princess soon, and I know you wanna train to become her knight-but Cuppy, sweetie, please! There’s a difference between being a friend, and...and agreeing to follow somepony into Celestia knows what! You could be hurt! Or ki...kill...” Pinkie swallowed, turning pale. She could barely stomach the word, let alone say it. Her watery blue eyes turned to her daughter again, imploring. “Please, don’t leave!”

“This isn’t really about Panny, Mom. I...it was my decision to join the Royal Military. I can’t stay in Ponyville anymore.” Cupcake glanced away, shuffling her hooves.

Pinkie Pie recoiled as if physically struck. “But why? You have everything here-a family that loves you, friends that support you, and...and...and you’re the best baker our town has!”

Cupcake’s eyes widened. For her mother to actually concede baking superiority to her daughter...After their years of heated rivalry at the Annual Canterlot Bake-off, the tearful admission shook Cupcake to her core. She tried to compose herself.

“I...Momma...that’s just it. My life here is wonderful with you and Dad and PB and J, but...I feel like I’m missing out on a greater part of my destiny.” Resolve entered Cupcake’s eyes. “There has to be more to me than just baking cupcakes, Momma. There just has to be.”

“I don’t understand, Cuppy.” Pinkie’s mane was rapidly deflating, and her eyes glistened. She looked utterly miserable. It made Cupcake’s throat grow tight.

She ran forward and enveloped her mother in a tight hug. “I’m not asking you to understand,” She whispered, hating the feeling of moisture prickling at her own eyes, “But I need you to know that I’m sorry.”

The train whistle’s wail pierced the air. Cupcake pulled away from Pinkie. “I have to go now. I love you, my Mommy Pie.” Pinkie Pie reached a fumbling hoof out to her daughter, weak with grief. Cupcake steeled herself, turning away.

“Goodbye, Mom.”

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and then Pinkie didn't see her daughter again for two years
all of Pinkie's concerns are legitimate, the Equestrian military is very unforgiving to small, shy earth pony mares, and Cupcake would break many bones and be pitted against stallions three times her size in combat practice and be completely run through the wringer and just, in Cupcake's own words, "be broken apart to be made stronger"

Even though her time in the army was rough, Cupcake eventually gained inner peace and learned to tap into her own immense physical and emotional strength

But those first few months without her daughter were very hard for Pinkie...so much so that she came to blame Pandora (understandable), and there was some heavy tension between the Sparkle family and the Pie family for a while that took some time to diffuse

shout out to for suggesting this nifty bit of headcanon

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“Wait, Cupcake, wait! Don’t go! Please, Cuppy!”

“I...Momma, my train is leaving in five minutes.”

“What you’re doing-this is crazy! And not the good kind of crazy!” Pinkie Pie nearly sobbed, “The bad kind! I know Pandora’s gonna be a princess soon, and I know you wanna train to become her knight-but Cuppy, sweetie, please! There’s a difference between being a friend, and...and agreeing to follow somepony into Celestia knows what! You could be hurt! Or ki...kill...” Pinkie swallowed, turning pale. She could barely stomach the word, let alone say it. Her watery blue eyes turned to her daughter again, imploring. “Please, don’t leave!”

“This isn’t really about Panny, Mom. I...it was my decision to join the Royal Military. I can’t stay in Ponyville anymore.” Cupcake glanced away, shuffling her hooves.

Pinkie Pie recoiled as if physically struck. “But why? You have everything here-a family that loves you, friends that support you, and...and...and you’re the best baker our town has!”

Cupcake’s eyes widened. For her mother to actually concede baking superiority to her daughter...After their years of heated rivalry at the Annual Canterlot Bake-off, the tearful admission shook Cupcake to her core. She tried to compose herself.

“I...Momma...that’s just it. My life here is wonderful with you and Dad and PB and J, but...I feel like I’m missing out on a greater part of my destiny.” Resolve entered Cupcake’s eyes. “There has to be more to me than just baking cupcakes, Momma. There just has to be.”

“I don’t understand, Cuppy.” Pinkie’s mane was rapidly deflating, and her eyes glistened. She looked utterly miserable. It made Cupcake’s throat grow tight.

She ran forward and enveloped her mother in a tight hug. “I’m not asking you to understand,” She whispered, hating the feeling of moisture prickling at her own eyes, “But I need you to know that I’m sorry.”

The train whistle’s wail pierced the air. Cupcake pulled away from Pinkie. “I have to go now. I love you, my Mommy Pie.” Pinkie Pie reached a fumbling hoof out to her daughter, weak with grief. Cupcake steeled herself, turning away.

“Goodbye, Mom.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and then Pinkie didn't see her daughter again for two years
all of Pinkie's concerns are legitimate, the Equestrian military is very unforgiving to small, shy earth pony mares, and Cupcake would break many bones and be pitted against stallions three times her size in combat practice and be completely run through the wringer and just, in Cupcake's own words, "be broken apart to be made stronger"

Even though her time in the army was rough, Cupcake eventually gained inner peace and learned to tap into her own immense physical and emotional strength

But those first few months without her daughter were very hard for Pinkie...so much so that she came to blame Pandora (understandable), and there was some heavy tension between the Sparkle family and the Pie family for a while that took some time to diffuse

shout out to for suggesting this nifty bit of headcanon